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So You Want an Apartment

So You Want an Apartment

Genres

Comedy

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Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

11 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

03 January 1948

Country

United States of America

Cast

George O'Hanlon

George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes

Art Gilmore

Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)

Jane Harker

Jane Harker

Alice McDoakes (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Mike Lally

Clerk (uncredited)

Jack Lomas

Jack Lomas

Man in Cramped Bed (uncredited)

Charles Marsh

Charles Marsh

Shaymus O'Shaymus (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Paul Panzer

Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)

Ted Stanhope

Ted Stanhope

J. Phineas McNasty (uncredited)

Clifton Young

Clifton Young

Homer Hotbox (uncredited)

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